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Rig Rundown: Teenage Bottlerocket
Rig Rundown

Rig Rundown: Teenage Bottlerocket

These Fat Wreck-label punkers keep it stupid simple with single-humbucker, classic-custom recreations for their ripping Ramones downstrokes and pogo-ready choruses.

Reader Guitar of the Month: Larry Fine
Reader Guitar of the Month

Reader Guitar of the Month: Larry Fine

A guitarist named his custom violin-shaped gem after the violin-playing comic from The Three Stooges.

Mark Funk & Mr. Hand
Pro-Advice

Reader Guitar of the Month: A Family Treasure

A Florida guitarist and luthier had his children make their mark on his main guitar.

Rig Rundown: Brother Hawk
Gear

Rig Rundown: Brother Hawk

Graduating beyond his hardcore roots, guitarist/vocalist JB Brisendine marries the sting of Neil Young’s “Old Black” with searing and spacey Southern-rock grooves.

Designing and Ordering a Custom Guitar, Pt. 3
Acoustic Soundboard

Designing and Ordering a Custom Guitar, Pt. 3

Some of the cosmetic aspects you’ll need to determine for your custom instrument.

Custom or Boutique?
Bass

Custom or Boutique?

LEFT: For an instrument to be boutique, it should be in some way personal. MIDDLE: Mike Sabre builds basses with passion. This is his new Dominique Di Piazza Signature

Designing and Ordering a Custom Guitar, PT. 2
Acoustic Soundboard

Designing and Ordering a Custom Guitar, PT. 2

Prized for its beauty, koa possesses tonal characteristics similar to mahogany when used as a back and sides wood, and is one option to consider when planning your custom